last summer's fire
has burned us
to our very core
we are
this world
even earth
and more
so much is gone
renounced in flames
now ash and soot
so little life
yet unannounced
still remains
it's not just
deer and elk
it's not just
bear and cougar
it's colonies
of ants
all those small
reclusive creatures
small birds and voles
this is circumstance
what should we eat
what could creatures
find as food and meat
we're out of sync
nature out of balance
fire has taken everything
it's not tragic fairy tale
or bleeding romance
luna weeps for us
knowing real death
this unwieldy destruction
has finally come
there is no instruction
in this critical
mess and muss
so now this forest is done
what time can recover
spirit lost to none
this current
climate nature
is our current
climate stature
since fire
has truly won

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